Alexander

“Defender of mankind” — Greek via Latin origin

Boy's name · #30 in the US (2025) · 90s

Alexander has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #4 (2009) · 736,123 babies named Alexander all-time · 1 in 240 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #15 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #17 in Austria (2025) · #20 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #22 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #22 in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Alexanders

Alexander the Great — king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
Alexander Pushkin — Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
Alexander Graham Bell — Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
Alexander Lukashenka — President of the Republic of Belarus
Alexander von Humboldt — Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)

In stories & tradition

Alexander (Lex Luthor) — Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · Superman
Alexander (Havok) — Uncanny X-Men
Alexander Mahone — Prison Break

What Alexanders become

Among 17,282 notable people named Alexander:

Military figures appear 2.08× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alexander Suvorov, Russian marshal (1730–1800).

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